Traditionally, marketing has been in the driver’s seat when it comes to revenue growth, while finance tracked numbers back in the garage. With information that was siloed and hard to quantify, the revenue engine often failed to reach top speed.
78% of executives say marketing and finance alignment... view abstract

Financial directors in SMBs need effective FX hedging to ensure stability of budgeting and operations. Unfortunately, many financial directors do not have the time or systems available to them to create sound FX risk management policies. This paper details 4 common Forex hedging mistakes SMBs make.

SMB financial directors understand the growing importance of managing FX volatility. This report grades the 46 banks on their FX management accuracy and points financial directors to where they can find tailored, objective and effective FX risk management solutions for their business.

Whilst deficit figures soared earlier this year, our research shows that the majority of companies are in a good position to support their pension schemes. Our annual report looks at the sustainability of FTSE350 defined benefit pension schemes and highlights what we see as the two key themes for... view abstract

The sustainability of Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes has again come under the spotlight due to difficulties faced by several recent high profile schemes. As the cost of providing a DB pension has now risen to 50% of pay it is becoming increasingly unaffordable for corporate sponsors. In the... view abstract

Defined Benefit (DB) pension deficits have long been a problem for CFOs. Despite paying in billions to plug the gap, the collective UK DB deficit has just kept growing. According to our recent research, the collective buy-out shortfall now stands at c£1tn. In this article we look at what’s worrying... view abstract

When it comes to business credit decisions many companies are now adopting statistical modelling (or a hybrid of statistical with the bureau data.
This paper provides insight into the best information and/or risk analysis methodology to use for your credit and collection evaluation needs

Financial Director would like to introduce you to our new conference: The CFO Agenda 2015. The CFO Agenda is the flagship event for Financial Director and will be held on the 18th June 2015 at the Royal Society of Arts in London. Download this programme to find out more about the event.

Managing credit risk is crucial to a company’s cash flow, and ultimately to its financial stability. Tinubu Square looks at the challenges of credit risk in this detailed whitepaper, which delivers new research highlighting some of the key statistics and trends affecting credit risk in the UK.

This paper summarises research into the world of low risk pension scheme management. The paper looks at a future world of ‘Pensions Stability’ – a world in which risk will usually be significantly lower than today for both trustees and for sponsors.